Lower risk investing example:

These are the monthly returns from 1986 thru 2002 resulting from investing, each year, in the five best picks from a highly reputable, independent stock ranking system. This example is provided for educational purposes only. No recommendation of any company or stock ranking system is implied.

In this lower risk example, the same five stocks are selected as in the higher risk example. The only difference is this example has only 30% of investment capital is committed to these five common stocks and the remaining 70% of investment capital is committed to 4 year Fed Bonds.

Name Valueline Bargain Five
Strategy Rebalance at year begin only, committing 30% to five common stocks and 70% to 4 year Fed Bonds.
Description
Annual Return Statistics
Monthly Return Statistics
Cal Years Annual Returns
Cal Years Safe Annual Returns
Cal Years Draw Downs
Cal Years Market Index
Cal Years Market Index Deltas
Seasonal
Balance by Months
Cash by Months
Rebalance Years
Draw Downs by Month
Actual 1986-2002 Worst Draw Down -21.12% at #Jul,1,2002
Worst Cal Year Draw Down -8.71% at #Mar,1,2001
Est 1929-1933 Crash Draw Down -13.83% est. thru 1929 crash
Cash Reserves 70.00%
Portfolio Size 5.0
Number of Months Invested 204
Strategy Monthly Statistics
#Jan,1,1986 0.04248859185924
#Feb,1,1986 -0.04092168503419
#Mar,1,1986 0.1181858965013
#Apr,1,1986 0.03207886363459
#May,1,1986 -0.1124205986667
#Jun,1,1986 0.1758397802989
#Jul,1,1986 -0.0643249667137
#Aug,1,1986 0.04906562628529
#Sep,1,1986 -0.03243474859334
#Oct,1,1986 0.03018758005137
#Nov,1,1986 0.02043475897916
#Dec,1,1986 -0.03870605017709
#Jan,1,1987 0.05950854276306
#Feb,1,1987 -0.03619945071576
#Mar,1,1987 0.08228215464865
#Apr,1,1987 -0.004700005078415
#May,1,1987 -0.05598689919831
#Jun,1,1987 0.0956558537045
#Jul,1,1987 0.04064579761073
#Aug,1,1987 -0.01043972723499
#Sep,1,1987 -0.02666228669082
#Oct,1,1987 -0.1256405235259
#Nov,1,1987 -0.01732817199684
#Dec,1,1987 0.05549171328313
#Jan,1,1988 -0.03120816267069
#Feb,1,1988 0.01911382804756
#Mar,1,1988 0.02939570867762
#Apr,1,1988 0.007188283053543
#May,1,1988 -0.04865672652333
#Jun,1,1988 0.08079489101058
#Jul,1,1988 -0.03192125229708
#Aug,1,1988 -0.0218754652141
#Sep,1,1988 0.01997774077698
#Oct,1,1988 0.007896864727684
#Nov,1,1988 -0.01556564192196
#Dec,1,1988 0.008895644548534
#Jan,1,1989 0.0237408235775
#Feb,1,1989 -0.02363279970216
#Mar,1,1989 0.04750798859267
#Apr,1,1989 0.02458429268026
#May,1,1989 -0.04325105778281
#Jun,1,1989 0.0719879418553
#Jul,1,1989 0.01389586998531
#Aug,1,1989 0.02307076737385
#Sep,1,1989 0.02843191010939
#Oct,1,1989 -0.03449304678989
#Nov,1,1989 -0.006823672296113
#Dec,1,1989 0.01207013410237
#Jan,1,1990 -0.01654895247876
#Feb,1,1990 -0.006265664757731
#Mar,1,1990 0.05159184890416
#Apr,1,1990 -0.004527862613378
#May,1,1990 -0.0361371064144
#Jun,1,1990 0.06594593004442
#Jul,1,1990 -0.05526314242382
#Aug,1,1990 -0.03950233762012
#Sep,1,1990 -0.01537979465158
#Oct,1,1990 0.002925573703012
#Nov,1,1990 0.05034211662087
#Dec,1,1990 0.0009430182637165
#Jan,1,1991 0.05769721563602
#Feb,1,1991 -0.05458090486861
#Mar,1,1991 0.1591176890897
#Apr,1,1991 4.778774272962E-006
#May,1,1991 -0.08515097572776
#Jun,1,1991 0.07658435792423
#Jul,1,1991 0.0567018438885
#Aug,1,1991 0.01384411325106
#Sep,1,1991 0.01011480690686
#Oct,1,1991 0.06278111631071
#Nov,1,1991 0.0199303502505
#Dec,1,1991 0.08751013091346
#Jan,1,1992 0.01012300652901
#Feb,1,1992 0.01182929264973
#Mar,1,1992 -0.04350916965033
#Apr,1,1992 -0.02164850981202
#May,1,1992 0.05846876436913
#Jun,1,1992 -0.04269547415594
#Jul,1,1992 0.02220483313765
#Aug,1,1992 -0.00380909454287
#Sep,1,1992 -0.01552728560706
#Oct,1,1992 0.03953633925099
#Nov,1,1992 0.03039120939548
#Dec,1,1992 0.01102155537351
#Jan,1,1993 0.04282346678688
#Feb,1,1993 -0.04128804203419
#Mar,1,1993 0.03370597812786
#Apr,1,1993 0.002059179565727
#May,1,1993 0.006460889717842
#Jun,1,1993 -0.004008902901282
#Jul,1,1993 0.04323238522344
#Aug,1,1993 0.007423793544838
#Sep,1,1993 0.04305525946646
#Oct,1,1993 0.002823809551939
#Nov,1,1993 0.01210692782443
#Dec,1,1993 -0.04167994502735
#Jan,1,1994 0.005364517050205
#Feb,1,1994 0.009303143959673
#Mar,1,1994 0.06676019838435
#Apr,1,1994 0.01935683893283
#May,1,1994 -0.08647189155198
#Jun,1,1994 0.08909525790837
#Jul,1,1994 -0.02496965055415
#Aug,1,1994 0.06721817661113
#Sep,1,1994 -0.01358974126475
#Oct,1,1994 0.05426544017068
#Nov,1,1994 -0.0107998507563
#Dec,1,1994 0.008352748236148
#Jan,1,1995 -0.001823141217878
#Feb,1,1995 0.004273839332268
#Mar,1,1995 0.0131387829078
#Apr,1,1995 0.03101485117903
#May,1,1995 -0.04421821963637
#Jun,1,1995 0.09680868290147
#Jul,1,1995 0.01619959652048
#Aug,1,1995 0.008729054054333
#Sep,1,1995 -0.003373787639537
#Oct,1,1995 0.0453813999921
#Nov,1,1995 -0.01646369395627
#Dec,1,1995 -0.04073527118904
#Jan,1,1996 0.05895223974711
#Feb,1,1996 -0.06441977649873
#Mar,1,1996 0.08459331913463
#Apr,1,1996 0.03718697722009
#May,1,1996 -0.04747994755366
#Jun,1,1996 0.0362390313892
#Jul,1,1996 0.004786483267532
#Aug,1,1996 0.008958766162086
#Sep,1,1996 0.06113593916536
#Oct,1,1996 0.0040349696987
#Nov,1,1996 0.02616309447515
#Dec,1,1996 -0.0312450435007
#Jan,1,1997 0.03709356282141
#Feb,1,1997 -0.02062066959628
#Mar,1,1997 0.0191053627113
#Apr,1,1997 0.0004166737344664
#May,1,1997 0.01138219573341
#Jun,1,1997 0.03841848544269
#Jul,1,1997 0.06955703255626
#Aug,1,1997 -0.001038625784329
#Sep,1,1997 0.01724111691697
#Oct,1,1997 -0.04560431794153
#Nov,1,1997 0.0433518006061
#Dec,1,1997 -0.009357612370258
#Jan,1,1998 0.04877678374863
#Feb,1,1998 -0.05812898009771
#Mar,1,1998 0.09689732707128
#Apr,1,1998 0.044574605201
#May,1,1998 -0.09262322191408
#Jun,1,1998 0.07655307178011
#Jul,1,1998 0.002358338143334
#Aug,1,1998 -0.0434249856554
#Sep,1,1998 -0.03266685897491
#Oct,1,1998 0.09440137740661
#Nov,1,1998 0.02969929690767
#Dec,1,1998 0.04284177778194
#Jan,1,1999 0.03347534149227
#Feb,1,1999 -0.0153920827801
#Mar,1,1999 0.1192211394235
#Apr,1,1999 -0.01855793413696
#May,1,1999 -0.05747470062058
#Jun,1,1999 0.1378492408282
#Jul,1,1999 -0.006292348359059
#Aug,1,1999 0.03746039801969
#Sep,1,1999 -0.03925193919307
#Oct,1,1999 0.06528822452082
#Nov,1,1999 0.08806458173674
#Dec,1,1999 -0.09070289015341
#Jan,1,2000 -0.02040294896681
#Feb,1,2000 0.03370845165617
#Mar,1,2000 -0.002372142357613
#Apr,1,2000 -0.03242444176489
#May,1,2000 0.004881655173612
#Jun,1,2000 0.01676094895889
#Jul,1,2000 -0.02348711110473
#Aug,1,2000 0.03204505749228
#Sep,1,2000 -0.02431868364809
#Oct,1,2000 0.04134480559992
#Nov,1,2000 -0.03345493408297
#Dec,1,2000 -0.0274390411245
#Jan,1,2001 0.04711141885104
#Feb,1,2001 -0.01778228459842
#Mar,1,2001 -0.1123728581557
#Apr,1,2001 0.06363407049977
#May,1,2001 0.08122850496248
#Jun,1,2001 -0.09754970762628
#Jul,1,2001 0.007396770284082
#Aug,1,2001 -0.04016362817174
#Sep,1,2001 0.004863875149585
#Oct,1,2001 0.01874495044589
#Nov,1,2001 -0.01240879415333
#Dec,1,2001 0.01814575300563
#Jan,1,2002 0.01504887945626
#Feb,1,2002 -0.009756333288939
#Mar,1,2002 0.02121807693391
#Apr,1,2002 0.01715444504609
#May,1,2002 -0.02495994150528
#Jun,1,2002 -0.03211917675485
#Jul,1,2002 -0.02880254011231
#Aug,1,2002 0.00894360658247
#Sep,1,2002 -0.003393833798808
#Oct,1,2002 0.0325523489521
#Nov,1,2002 -0.003982826143204
#Dec,1,2002 -0.003052929589294